space shuttle

If that’s the perception, the inevitable accidents will be as traumatic as those of the space shuttle were.

At the beginning of the space shuttle program, it envisioned offering seats to private citizens and started a “Spaceflight Participant” program.

The rocket would be the most powerful ever, with four RS-25 engines used by the space shuttle and two side solid rocket motor boosters taller than the Statue of Liberty.

That’s four times the capacity of the Falcon 9, three times the capacity of the space shuttle, and approaching twice the capacity of the Falcon Heavy—currently the world’s most powerful launch system.

Up in space, the crew members on board space shuttle Atlantis were sleeping.

Similar to the Space Shuttle in appearance, the diminutive X-37B is about a quarter the size of the old shuttles.